NEW WORLD INVESTMENTS LIMITED

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SC272652 · ltd · incorporated 2004-08-27
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£167.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 70100Activities of head offices
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (6 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
57 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £167,413
Cash YoY
+1869%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£60k
↑ 1869% YoY
Net Worth
£167k
↑ 37% YoY
Current Assets
£740k
↑ 7.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£148k£296k£444k£592k£740kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£740.1k£683.8k
Current assets£739.7k£686.2k
Cash£60.4k£3.1k
Debtors£679.3k£683.1k
Net assets£167.4k£122.2k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2026-01-18
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    SCULTHORP, Gretchen Kay appointed
    director
  3. 2025-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-05-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-10-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2019-10-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2019-10-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2019-10-21
    ➕
    HARPER, Julie, Mrs. appointed
    director
  14. 2019-10-21
    ➕
    MCCLYMONT, Moira, Mrs. appointed
    director
  15. 2019-10-21
    ➖
    SCULTHORP, Leonard Ernest resigned
    director
  16. 2019-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2016-10-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  20. 2010-10-01
    ➕
    TAIT, Elaine appointed
    director
  21. 2010-04-30
    ➖
    SMITH, Adrian Muir resigned
    director
  22. 2004-08-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As NEW WORLD INVESTMENTS LIMITED
  23. 2004-08-27
    ➕
    SCULTHORP, Brian Mowat, Mr. appointed
    secretary
  24. 2004-08-27
    ➕
    SCULTHORP, Brian Mowat, Mr. appointed
    director
  25. 2004-08-27
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2004-08-27
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2004-08-27
    ➕
    SCULTHORP, Leonard Ernest appointed
    director
  28. 2004-08-27
    ➕
    SMITH, Adrian Muir appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Floridron Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Floridron Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
⬇
NEW WORLD INVESTMENTS LIMITED
This company · SC272652

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Floridron Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence27/08/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-08-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

37 Muirs
Kinross
KY13 8AS
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-10
Last: 2025-08-27

Officers (6 active · 3 resigned)

SCULTHORP, Brian Mowat, Mr.→
secretary · appointed 2004-08-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARPER, Julie, Mrs.→
director · ~69y · appointed 2019-10-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCCLYMONT, Moira, Mrs.→
director · ~59y · appointed 2019-10-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SCULTHORP, Brian Mowat, Mr.→
director · ~65y · appointed 2004-08-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SCULTHORP, Gretchen Kay→
director · ~63y · appointed 2026-01-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TAIT, Elaine→
director · ~68y · appointed 2010-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-08-27 · resigned 2004-08-27
Resigned
SCULTHORP, Leonard Ernest→
director · ~95y · appointed 2004-08-27 · resigned 2019-10-21
Resigned
SMITH, Adrian Muir→
director · ~66y · appointed 2004-08-27 · resigned 2010-04-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-10-23